Shirreff Base
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Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Cape Shirreff research station on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island with the bases and base camps on the island.
Location
The base is located at 62°28′13.5″S 60°46′15″WCoordinates: 62°28′13.5″S 60°46′15″W which is 1.58 km southeast of Cape Shirreff and 3.32 km west-northwest of Black Point (detailed Chilean mapping in 2004. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.
References
- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 149 Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island.
- Photo of Shirreff Base with Black Point and Mount Friesland in the background. NOAA Fisheries Service’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
- Ivanov, L. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28. ISBN 978-954-07-3939-7
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Shirreff Base" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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